Most people seem to regard Alan Moore's "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" in #188 in 1985 as the first appearance of Mogo... but I think it could very well have actually been a great deal earlier. All the way back to 1963 and #24. Passing through a system and being beckoned down by a planet that identifies itself as "Green Lantern," then after a bit of trouble communicating convinces Hal to put out/kill the alien fire creature within it theat threatens to destroy the world. He does so and Hal departs, friends with the planet now.

Not unreasonable to conjecture that after Hal parted on good terms, this planet -- Mogo -- was made a member of the Corps and such.

Though if thats Mogo and hes guiding rings to the Lanterns forever how was he JUST THEN joining the Corps in the 1960s?

__________________"Gone are all my comforts, I held so dear
Sold them to strangers looking for a deal
You left me here all alone, my worst fear
Don't think this kind of pain will ever heal
I gave to you my life and love for years
Look deep in my eyes, my pain do you feel
All I ever wanted was to be loved
Waiting on dad to take me up above"

What if Bzzzzd found this female planet that isnt Mogo and proceeded to hook Mogo up. I would love to see two sentient planets "DOING IT" in a comic then perhaps have a baby planet pop out !

The tectonic stresses alone of such an act would... to say nothing of the two such masses being in such close proximity could possibly end all life on both planets. But then again it might be worth it to see if Maybe in the next DC/Marvel crossover Ego the Living Planet could show up and they could have a threesome, provided of course that THAT planet isn't actually Mogo.

In all sincerity, I'd love for it to be Mogo... but the thought of a ancient being such as Mogo existing for as long as it has in a universe full of strange wonders and the GLC which has existed basically since the beginning of recorded time being discovered and inducted into the GLC by any of the recent human GLs doesn't sit right with me.

Ever since I read that story in the Archive, I've pretty much assumed it was Mogo. I've been waiting for some writer to cleverly tie those together in some subtle manner. Unfortunately, I doubt they will do it now. Mogo's importance to the Corps is being played up so heavily that I expect we are now to believe that he was one of the EARLIEST GLs. If he was the one in that story, he would have been a GL for less time than Hal, which would make all the panic about, "What will we do if we lose Mogo!" sort of nonsensical. I mean, if he WERE that recent of an addition, the answer would be a simple, "Whatever you did for millions of years before he joined! Duh."

If he was the one in that story, he would have been a GL for less time than Hal, which would make all the panic about, "What will we do if we lose Mogo!" sort of nonsensical. I mean, if he WERE that recent of an addition, the answer would be a simple, "Whatever you did for millions of years before he joined! Duh."

Unless Mogo being the ring-guider is a post-New Corps thing (when the Guardians were resurrected and needed to quickly rebuild the Corps), whereas he was the planet who "doesn't socialize" before Emerald Twilight (and this issue from the 60s actually indicates why that would be).

Unless Mogo being the ring-guider is a post-New Corps thing (when the Guardians were resurrected and needed to quickly rebuild the Corps), whereas he was the planet who "doesn't socialize" before Emerald Twilight (and this issue from the 60s actually indicates why that would be).

But the question would still remain, why all the panic. If he didn't fill this function until recently, and they lost him, wouldn't they just go back to whatever means they used for the millions of years prior to him filling that function? I think the emphasis they are putting on Mogo at this point kind of implies that he is THE method used to guide rings to their new bearers, and therefore he has been doing it for more than a couple years. Otherwise, why not fall back on whatever the old method was if they lost him? Why all the ruckus about how they simply CAN'T lose Mogo or the Corps will be doomed?